The Mazel Tov

LETTS, District Judge.

This is a libel in rem brought by the United States against the British motor vessel Mazel Tov, after it had been seized and brought- into port by officers of the Coast Guard, to effect the collection of certain penalties claimed to have been assessed against the master for alleged violations of the Tariff Act of 1930. The libel states three causes for penalty: (1) Failure to produce the manifest of the cargo, (2) having on board merchandise not described in the manifest, and (3) having arrived within the limits of Collection District No. 4 and attempting to depart…